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Stop Abuse

2007-09-26T13:43:00.000-07:00

Animal Abuse

2007-09-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

Cruelty to animals refers to treatment or standards of care that cause unwarranted or unnecessary suffering or harm to animals. Standards of both animal cruelty legislation, and enforcement, may vary between different places from non-existent through to comprehensive, and the acts and conditions which are deemed "cruel" also vary. Opinions are divided whether practices such as factory farming, fur farming and animal testing of medical procedures and consumer products pose a major moral issue.

Cases in which cruelty to animals is due to a deliberate wish to be cruel (as opposed to neglect), are known as zoosadism, and have been repeatedly linked via research with abuse and cruelty to people (including the more sensationalist examples of torture and killing). In such extreme cases cruelty to animals may also have occurred, as a "rehearsal" or as an aspect of development. However this should be viewed in perspective; not all cruelty is sadism, nor are all persons who are cruel to animals necessarily going to be abusive towards people.

Human Rights Abuse

2007-09-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Human rights refers to "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law."The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

The idea of human rights descended from the philosophical idea of natural rights that are provided by God; some recognize virtually no difference between the two and regard both as labels for the same thing while others choose to keep the terms separate to eliminate association with some features traditionally associated with natural rights. John Locke is perhaps the most important philosopher that developed this theory.

Elder Abuse

2007-09-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

Elder abuse, by one definition, is a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person

Spousal Abuse

2007-09-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

Spousal abuse refers to a wide spectrum of abuse. This includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, economic abuse and financial abuse. The abuser can be the husband or wife as can the victim.

Child Abuse

2007-09-26T13:25:00.000-07:00

Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. While most child abuse happens in the child's home, large numbers of cases of child abuse have been identified within some organizations involving children, such as churches, schools, child care businesses, and in particular native residential schools or in government agencies. It also sometimes occurs almost anywhere.

Drug Abuse

2007-09-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. Some of the most commonly abused drugs include alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methaqualone, and opium alkaloids. Use of these drugs may lead to criminal penalty in addition to possible physical, social, and psychological harm, both strongly depending on local jurisdiction. Other definitions of drug abuse fall into four main categories: public health definitions, mass communication and vernacular usage, medical definitions, and political and criminal justice definitions

Verbal Abuse

2007-09-26T13:20:00.000-07:00

Verbal abuse is a form of abusive behavior involving the use of language. Verbal abuse is different from profanity in that it can occur without profanity. In some countries, charges can be laid for verbal abuse under certain circumstances. Verbal abuse leaves no outer mark and no proof.

Physical abuse

2007-09-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm.

Basic forms include:

striking
punching
pushing, pulling
slapping
striking with an object
pinching
kicking
having someone fall
kneeing
strangling
drowning
sleep deprivation
exposure to cold, freezing
exposure to heat or radiation, burning
exposure to electric shock
placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced)
cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp
exposure to a dangerous animal
throwing or shooting a projectile
exposure to a toxic substance
infecting with a disease
withholding food or medication
spanking is subject to controversy as to whether it qualifies as physical abuse.

Sexual Abuse

2007-09-26T13:13:00.000-07:00

Sexual abuse (also referred to as molestation) is defined as the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person to another. The term incest is defined as sexual abuse between family members, and the euphemism "bad touch" is sometimes used to describe such abuse. In general, sexual abuse tends to be inflicted against females.

Spiritual Abuse

2007-09-26T13:05:00.000-07:00

The term Spiritual abuse was coined in the late twentieth century to refer to abusive or aberrational practices identified in the behavior and teachings of some churches, spiritual and religious organizations and groups. The term tends to be used by Christian counselors and theologians, apologists in the Christian countercult movement, and former members of those churches or groups that are alleged to be abusive. Secular critics usually use more generic terms such as psychological or emotional abuse.

2007-09-13T03:10:00.000-07:00

Ligth mix colors and flowers

2007-09-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Natural pics

2007-09-12T11:21:00.000-07:00

Baloons

2007-09-12T11:18:00.000-07:00

Pencil Arts

2007-09-12T11:10:00.001-07:00

Mix

2007-09-08T14:37:00.001-07:00

Japanese Packaging Design

2007-09-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

The Japan Package Design Association was founded in 1960 and is authorized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. JPDA is a private organization that represents the field of the package design in Japan.

High Speed Photoinstrumentation

2007-09-08T14:15:00.001-07:00

Giant Crystal Cave In Mexico

2007-09-08T14:14:00.001-07:00

The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, is a working mine that is known for its extraordinary crystals. Naica is a lead, zinc and silver mine in which large voids have been found, containing crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 4 feet in diameter and 50 feet long. The chamber holding these crystals is known as the Crystal Cave of Giants, and is approximately 1000 feet down in the limestone host rock of the mine. The crystals were formed by hydrothermal fluids emanating from the magma chambers below. The cavern was discovered while the miners were drilling through the Naica fault, which they were worried would flood the mine. The Cave of Swords is another chamber in the Naica Mine, containing similar large crystals.

The Naica mine was first discovered by early prospectors in 1794 south of Chihuahua City. They struck a vein of silver at the base of a range of hills called Naica by the Tarahumara Indians. The origin in the Tarahumara language seems to mean "a shady place". Perhaps here in the small canyon there was a grove of trees tucked away by a small canyon spring.

From that discovery, until around 1900, the primary interest was silver and gold. Around 1900 large-scale mining began as zinc and lead became more valuable.

During the Mexican Revolution the mine was producing a great deal of wealth. Revolutionary troops entered the town and demanded money from the owners. One of them was assassinated when he refused to pay, causing the mine to shut down from 1911 to 1922.

Just before the mine was closed, the famous Cave of Swords was discovered at a depth of 400 feet. Due to the incredible crystals, it was decided to try to preserve this cave. While many of the crystals have been collected, this is still a fascinating cave to visit. In one part there are so many crystals on one of the walls, they appear to be like an underwater reef moving in a gentle undulating motion in an ocean current.

In April 2000, brothers Juan and Pedro Sanchez were drilling a new tunnel when they made a truly spectacular discovery. While Naica miners are accustomed to finding crystals, Juan and Pedro were absolutely amazed by the cavern that they found. The brothers immediately informed the engineer in charge, Roberto Gonzalez. Ing. Gonzalez realized that they had discovered a natural treasure and quickly rerouted the tunnel. During this phase some damage was done as several miners tried to remove pieces of the mega-crystals, so the mining company soon installed an iron door to protect the find. Later, one of the workers, with the intention of stealing crystals, managed to get in through a narrow hole. He tried to take some plastic bags filled with fresh air inside, but the strategy didn't work. He lost consciousness and later was found thoroughly baked.

When entering the cave our group is issued helmets, lanterns, rubber boots, and gloves. One must then be driven by truck into the main mining tunnel called Rampa Sn. Francisco. While the vertical drop is approximately 1000 feet, the drive is almost a half mile long. The heat steadily increases and women have been observed to begin "glowing". The truck stops in front of a concrete wall with a steel door. The intense heat can prevent brain functioning.

At the end of the tunnel there are three or four steps into the aperture of the cavern itself. It is in this short tunnel. In this short distance the temperature and humidity goes from being uncomfortably warm to literally a blast furnace.

Momentarily, the penetrating heat is forgotten as the crystals pop into view on the other side of the "Eye of the Queen". The entire panorama is now lighted and the cavern has a depth and impressive cathedral-like appearance that was not visible on earlier trips with just our headlamps.

When inside the great cathedral of crystals, the pressure of intense heat create a gamut of emotions and perhaps hallucinations. One can only remain for a short period of time.

Geologists report that these natural crystal formations are incredibly complex, yet so simple. They have a magical or metaphysical personality independent of their chemical structures. There is a magma chamber two to three miles below the mountain and that heat from this compressed lava travels through the faults up into the area of the mine. Super heated fluids carry the minerals the miners are seeking as well as form the crystals. The mine is ventilated; otherwise, it could not be worked. Some parts, however, are not air-conditioned, such as the Cave of the Crystals, and there you feel the heat from the magma deep below. The fluids travel along the Naica fault, enter voids in the bedrock, and then form entirely natural structures that are not easily explained scientifically.

In April 2000, the mining company became confident that the water table on the other side of the fault had been lowered sufficiently to drill.

When they did this, it is almost as if a magical veil of reality was breached and an entirely new world was discovered. Two caverns filled with the Earth's largest crystals were immediately revealed. More discoveries are expected to be made in this magical kingdom of intense natural beauty.

Selenite, the gypsum crystal, named after the Greek goddess of the moon, Selene, due to its soft white light, is said to have many metaphysical and healing benefits. Selenite powder has been used cosmetically for thousands of years to enhance one's natural beauty. It is believed that this crystal assists with mental focus, growth, luck, immunity, and soothes the emotions.

Electric Sheep Screensaver

2007-09-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

Biomedical Image Awards

2007-09-08T13:58:00.001-07:00

How the images were made

Light microscopy, where visible light passes through sliced tissues under the microscope, has been used for hundreds of years to visualise details unseen by the naked eye. Samples are often stained with specific dyes to pick out different aspects of the internal structures, and coloured filters can also enhance structures in the sample. Polarising filters and other methods for deflecting the light beams can be used to enhance the unique characteristics of the samples and create a range of exciting visual effects.

When the wavelength of light becomes too large for what you are trying to visualise, electrons can be used instead. Transmission electron microscopy reveals internal structures in very thin sections of material, at much higher magnifications than are possible using light. Scanning electron microscopy also uses electron beams but generates three-dimensional images of the surfaces of objects. The electron beam hits the sample surface, causing electrons to be emitted; these electrons are detected by the microscope and create the image. Electron microscope images are always generated in black and white but are often colour-enhanced afterwards to highlight various features of the sample.

Fluorescence microscopy is a form of light microscopy that uses special coloured filters to detect specific wavelengths of light emitted from fluorescent markers in the sample. Confocal microscopy is a more recent refinement of this technique, which only detects the fluorescence coming from a very specific layer of a cell or tissue, excluding all out-of-focus light. This creates a sharp optical slice of the sample. If required, the slices can be reassembled by computer to give a complete picture of the specimen.

Stress photonics imaging uses a poleidoscope, a camera that measures the changes in the diffracted light resulting from the stresses in the material being examined. Computer analysis then generates a colour-coded image to enable visualisation of the stress pattern. This technique is more usually used in engineering to measure the stresses on metal components. Highly reflective dots can be used in conjunction with the diffraction images to generate a large amount of numerical information relating to the timing and direction of stress-related movement.

Led Dining Room Table

2007-09-08T13:54:00.001-07:00

The LEDs are controlled by a 16-node 1-D analog computer network. Each node has an amplified photodiode that senses changes in ambient light above its region of the table. An analog integrator (memory) averages that signal along with input from its neighbors, and the resulting signal is used to drive one of two strands of 14 LEDs (depending on polarity) with intensity that depends on the integrated value. Each node consists of one photodiode, one quad op-amp IC, nine resistors, and four capacitors that we hand-soldered onto a tiny piece of plain perfboard. We mounted the nodes to sheets of masonite pegboard, such that the output LEDs fit through the holes. After (a dozen or so evenings of) soldering, the pegboard with its electronics and a power supply was set into a stained-wood table frame that we made out of birch and poplar, and topped with glass recycled from a desk top.

Beautiful Sea Corals

2007-09-08T11:46:00.001-07:00

To the east of the Coral Sea is the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Solomon Island. In the north is the Louisiade Archipelago and Papua New Guinea and then west across to the Torres Strait north of Cape York. The waters of Tasman Sea extends south.

The eastern parts of the sea are prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. The warm waters of the Coral Sea usually produce a couple of tropical lows and cyclones each year.

The Coral Sea is named for its primary feature, the Great Barrier Reef, which is the largest coral reef in the world.

USB Products

2007-09-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

Fossils

2007-09-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

Cartoon from Proffesion

2007-09-08T11:28:00.000-07:00

Amazing Pictures

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National Geographics Pictures

2007-09-08T03:35:00.000-07:00

Near Farah, Afghanistan |1948 |Ernesto Cagnacci

"Men perform the attan in a village near Farah, in southwestern Afghanistan. This traditional Pashtun folk dance, a staple entertainment at weddings, is accompanied by the ever faster beating of drums. Participants—including, occasionally, women—spin for hours on end, until exhausted.

Barcelona , Spain |1998 |David Alan Harvey
Grand boulevards such as Passeig de Gràcia radiate from the center city. Most were laid out in the 1800s when Barcelona expanded beyond its medieval core. Spain's second largest city after Madrid and home to 1.6 million people, Barcelona cleaned up to host the 1992 Olympic Games, adding plazas, gardens, and sculpture and restoring its long-neglected seafront."

Daytona Beach, Florida |1957 | J. Baylor Roberts
Unlike most Florida resort communities, Daytona Beach attracts more visitors in summer than in winter. Daytona bills itself as the world's speed center. The 23-mile [37-kilometer] strip of sand, so hard that cars can drive safely at surf's edge, has witnessed many automobile speed tests

Matrah , Oman |1993 |James L. Stanfield
Glittering crescent on the Gulf of Oman, Matrah beckons west of Muscat, the capital

Algiers, Algeria |1972 | Thomas J. Abercrombie
'Algiers, the white,' Algerians call their capital, here awakening under a pale winter sun.

Sabah , Malaysia |1997 |Stuart Franklin
"Spindly legs keep makeshift houses—and the day's harvest of seaweed—high, dry, and clear of the rising tide off the coast of Semporna in eastern Sabah.

The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the world's largest not-for-profit educational and scientific organizations. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history.

Its historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources."Its President and CEO since March 1998, John M. Fahey, Jr., says National Geographic's purpose is to inspire people to care about their planet. The Society is governed by a twenty-three member Board of Trustees composed of a group of distinguished educators, businesspeople, scientists, former governmental officials, and conservationists. The organization sponsors and funds scientific research and exploration. The Society publishes an official journal, National Geographic Magazine, and other magazines, books, school products, maps, other publications, web and film products in numerous languages and countries around the world. It also has an educational foundation that gives grants to education organizations and individuals to enhance geography education. Its Committee for Research and Exploration has given grants for scientific research for most of the Society's history and has recently awarded its 9,000th grant for scientific research, conducted worldwide and often reported on by its media properties. Its various media properties reach about 360 million people around the world monthly.National Geographic maintains a museum free for the public in its Washington, D.C. headquarters, and has helped to sponsor such popular traveling exhibits such as the "King Tut" exhibit featuring magnificent artifacts from the tomb of the young Egyptian Pharaoh, and currently touring in several American cities, presently in Philadelphia at the Franklin Institute.

Birds color

2007-09-08T03:29:00.000-07:00

Egg Filter

2007-09-08T03:11:00.000-07:00

Dangerous Knife

2007-09-08T03:09:00.000-07:00

Modern knives consist of a blade and handle. The blade can be fine or serrated. The handle, used to grip and manipulate the blade safely, may include the tang, a portion of the blade that extends into the handle. The blade consists of the point, the end of the knife used for piercing, the edge, the cutting surface of the knife extending from the point to the heel, the grind, the cross-section shape of the blade, the spine, the top, thicker portion of the blade, the fuller, the groove added to lighten the blade, and the bolster, the thick portion of the blade joining the blade and the handle. The guard is a barrier between the blade and the handle which protects the hand from an opponent, or the blade of the knife itself. A choil, where the blade is unsharpened and possibly indented as it meets the handle, may be used to prevent scratches to the handle when sharpening or as a forward-finger grip. The end of the handle, or butt, may allow a lanyard, used to secure the knife to the wrist.

Tragic accident and a shocking picture

2007-09-08T03:02:00.000-07:00

Roller Coaster

2007-09-08T02:55:00.000-07:00

With a record-breaking height of 420-feet and record-breaking speed of 120 mph, Top Thrill Dragster delivers on its promise of thrilling riders this summer at Cedar Point

Roller coasters are well known for being amusement devices, in the sense that a rider of a roller coaster will go through a multitude of different emotions whilst riding, most notably fright and excitement, but will ultimately end up with a feeling of having been thrilled. This thrill and happiness that occurs after completing the experience happens due to the release of Epinephrine (Adrenaline) into the blood, invoked by the Fight or Flight response as the rider is scared by the coaster; and due to the release of Dopamine in the brain that occurs as a result of the brain rewarding the rider for having survived the experience; which is why the more extreme a coaster is, the scarier it is and the more it throws the rider around, the larger the resulting dopamine and adrenaline rush will be, and the more enjoyable the experience will be.

The part of the brain responsible for the release of Epinephrine is the amygdala, which is in a way the fear center of the brain.

Many roller coaster riders do not enjoy the experience, normally feeling that the terror and discomfort they experienced during the anticipation of riding and the actual riding of the roller coaster to be a price not worth paying for the positive feeling invoked. Different people enjoy the feelings of adrenaline to different extents as well, where an adrenaline junkie will favour the experience much more than someone who is not used to the feeling.

3D picture - buildings

2007-09-08T02:50:00.001-07:00

The models range in detail from very simple formal massing models of just a few blocks, through basic interior/exterior spatial walkthrough models, up to detailed interior/exterior models complete with furnishings and landscaping.

Technology

2007-09-08T02:33:00.001-07:00

Candies

2007-09-08T02:30:00.000-07:00

Candy contains sugar, and sugar leads to damaged teeth. However, it's not the sugar itself that damage the teeth. Several types of bacteria, particularily Streptococcus mutans are present in the mouth, and these feed on sugar. When they metabolize the sugar, they create acids in the mouth, which lower the pH. In response to the acidic environment, the enamel of the teeth begins to demineralize, which can cause caries.

Candy has a high level of glycemic index (GI), which means that it gives a high rise in blood sugar levels after ingestion. This is chiefly a concern for people with diabetes, but could also be dangerous to the health for non-diabetics.

The Millau Viaduct / Le Viaduc de Millau

2007-09-08T02:09:00.000-07:00

Official name: Le Viaduc de Millau
Carries: Motor vehicles
Crosses: valley of the River Tarn
Locale: Millau, France
Design: Cable-Stayed
Longest span: 342 metres (1,122 ft)
Total length :2,460 metres (8,071 ft)
Width : 32 metres (105 ft)
Clearance below: 270 metres (886 ft) at maximum
Opening date: dec

The Millau Viaduct (French : le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France . Designed by British architect Lord Foster in collaboration with French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 341 metres (1,118 ft ) slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower and only 40 m (132 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. It was formally opened on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic on 16 December 2004